n’importe quel
\n‿ɛ̃.pɔʁ.tə kɛl\
The verdict
“n’importe quel” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Au moins un ou une et quelquefois plus, en parlant d'une sélection garantie dans un ensemble.
Corpus desk
Index FR-n-importe-quel · n’importe quel · French
n’importe quel · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "N" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | n’importe quel |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \n‿ɛ̃.pɔʁ.tə kɛl\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « n’importe quel » en français
Rare enough to double-check
n’importe quel is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \n‿ɛ̃.pɔʁ.tə kɛl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Au moins un ou une et quelquefois plus, en parlant d'une sélection garantie dans un ensemble.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for n’importe quel, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is n’importe quel, spelled N-’-I-M-P-O-R-T-E- -Q-U-E-L.
Definition
- 1Au moins un ou une et quelquefois plus, en parlant d'une sélection garantie dans un ensemble.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how n’importe quel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ajuste, ô fils quelconque d’Ève, N’importe quel calcul à n’importe quel rêve, […]
Et, en effet, n’importe à quel moment on touchât à de certaines cordes immortellement tendues en lui, il s’en échappait des résonances à renverser celui qui aurait eu l’imprudence de les effleurer ».
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.